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Posts tagged with 'asian' and 'race' at MetaFilter.Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:01:48 -0800Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:01:48 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Capitalism and Racial Identityhttp://www.metafilter.com/151262/Capitalism%2Dand%2DRacial%2DIdentity
<a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/chua-changelab-nakagawa-model-minority/">Beyond the Model Minority Myth</a> : "Discussing certain Asian groups' material advantages today as a type of transhistorical "privilege" or "complicity" with power — rather than the result of a specific set of immigration and domestic policies that have aligned with shifting national attitudes — mystifies the mechanisms of capitalism rather than elucidating them." tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.151262Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:01:48 -0800ConspireOur Complicity With Excesshttp://www.metafilter.com/148229/Our%2DComplicity%2DWith%2DExcess
<a href="http://aaww.org/complicity-with-excess-vijay-iyer/">"[In] the face of a culture that would deny them, it becomes necessary for an artist of color in the west to defiantly announce to the world: I am a fact."</a> In April 2014, at the first ever Yale Asian Alumni Reunion, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Iyer">Vijay</a> <a href="http://vijay-iyer.com/">Iyer</a> delivered a powerful speech "on two intertwined issues: the role of Asian Americans as upwardly mobile minorities and the role of the artist as a potential transgressor within elite institutions." tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.148229Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:24:47 -0800Errantflipping the scripthttp://www.metafilter.com/140991/flipping%2Dthe%2Dscript
A viral video series uses role reversal to humorously highlight casual insensitivities &amp; stereotyping: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMJI1Dw83Hc">If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1zLzWtULig">If Black People Said The Stuff White People Say</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnFUDx3wC-Y">If Latinos Said The Stuff White People Say</a> <small>(YouTube; each video ~2 min.)</small> reactions &amp; more context for each video on Identities.Mic:
*<a href="http://mic.com/articles/90731/watch-what-happens-when-white-people-are-confronted-with-cultural-stereotypes">Watch What Happens When Asians Say the Things White People Say to Them</a>
(includes videos from artist Ken Tanaka &amp; slam poet Alex Dang)
*<a href="http://mic.com/articles/91929/if-black-people-said-the-stuff-white-people-say-here-s-how-offensive-it-would-sound">If Black People Said the Stuff White People Say, Here's How Offensive It Would Sound</a>
(includes the video "Shit White Girls Say... To Black Girls")
*<a href="http://mic.com/articles/93658/if-latinos-said-the-stuff-white-people-say-here-s-how-offensive-it-would-sound">If Latinos Said the Stuff White People Say, Here's How Offensive It Would Sound</a>
<small>previously on MeFi:
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/111258/SO-GHETTO">Shit White Girls Say...to Black Girls</a>
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/128408/But-where-are-you-REALLY-from">But where are you REALLY from?</a>
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/128509/What-kind-of-Asian-are-you">What kind of Asian are you?</a>
*<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/140700/So-like-what-are-you">"So, like, what are you?"</a> (re: microaggressions)</small> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140991Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:42:57 -0800flex"I'm just not attracted to Asian men."http://www.metafilter.com/137579/Im%2Djust%2Dnot%2Dattracted%2Dto%2DAsian%2Dmen
<a href="http://www.thebolditalic.com/articles/4500-asian-male-stereotypes-complicate-my-love-life">Asian male stereotypes complicate my love life.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137579Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:44:25 -0800rcraniacBank of Canada bans image of Asian-looking woman from new $100 bills over ethnicity criticismhttp://www.metafilter.com/119052/Bank%2Dof%2DCanada%2Dbans%2Dimage%2Dof%2DAsianlooking%2Dwoman%2Dfrom%2Dnew%2D100%2Dbills%2Dover%2Dethnicity%2Dcriticism
<a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/boc-purges-image-of-asian-looking-woman-from-100-banknotes-1.918037">The Bank of Canada has changed the design of its new $100 bill after receiving numerous comments from focus groups that the woman pictured looked like she was of Asian descent.</a> Complaints from the focus groups ranged from concerns that an Asian-looking scientist reinforced stereotypes about Asians excellening in technology/science to a comment that "the person on it appears to be of Asian descent which doesn't rep(resent) Canada." As a result of the complaints, the bill was redesigned to make the woman appear "ethnically neutral." The new image is reported as appearing Caucasian, causing at least <a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/bank-canada-bans-image-asian-looking-woman-100-170239135.html">one commentator</a> to suggest that the move is a confusing one for a country proud of its multiculturalism and <a href="http://www.thepaltrysapien.com/2012/08/canadians-get-that-asian-looking-woman-off-our-100-bill-and-replace-with-a-non-ethnic-caucasian/">another</a> to remark: "I have overestimated my fellow (presumably Caucasian) citizens' ability to recognize 'whiteness' as an ethnic marker. I have overestimated their ability to engage with non-whiteness at any level." tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.119052Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:02:11 -0800asniderNever forget, never againhttp://www.metafilter.com/115431/Never%2Dforget%2Dnever%2Dagain
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/27/we-japanese-americans-wartime-internment">We Japanese Americans must not forget our wartime internment</a> - <a href="http://www.georgetakei.com/">George Takei</a> on the the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII and <a href="http://www.allegiancemusical.com/">Allegiance</a>, his new musical. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/35157/George-Takei-behind-barbed-wire">Previously</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115431Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:36:01 -0800ArtwWhitewashing Avatarhttp://www.metafilter.com/77678/Whitewashing%2DAvatar
M. Night Shyamalan has decided to <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=63052&type=0">cast white actors</a> in the <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/10/first-look-the-cast-of-the-last-airbender/">main roles</a> of the <a href="http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/12/shyamalan-casts.html?xid=rss-hollywoodinsider-Shyamalan%20lines%20up%20his%20cast%20for%20'The%20Last%20Airbender">upcoming motion picture</a> based on the TV show <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_the_Last_Airbender">Avatar: The Last Airbender</a>. The <a href="http://theangryblackwoman.com/2008/12/10/m-night-say-it-isnt-so/#more-534">problem</a>: Avatar featured an Asian world with Asian characters, including Aang, the titular character, and his friends Sokka and Katara. <a href="http://ciderpress.livejournal.com/209919.html">Some</a> <a href="http://tablesaw.livejournal.com/393819.html">people</a> <a href="http://vejiicakes.livejournal.com/240740.html">are</a> <a href="http://jedifreac.livejournal.com/765617.html">pissed</a>, pointing to other instances of <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/deadbrowalking/314606.html">whitewashing</a>. There's a <a href="http://aang-aint-white.livejournal.com/646.html">letter writing campaign</a> and a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54866461619">Facebook group</a>.
<a href="http://community.livejournal.com/deadbrowalking/315016.html">Bingo</a> <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/capslock_atla/823264.html">anyone</a>? tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.77678Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:56:29 -0800lunitIt's because we're playing DDR on a Friday night.http://www.metafilter.com/49966/Its%2Dbecause%2Dwere%2Dplaying%2DDDR%2Don%2Da%2DFriday%2Dnight
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5847984513475560733&amp;q=yellow+fever%5C&amp;pr=goog-sl">Yellow Fever</a> On why white girls won't date Asian guys. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49966Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:11:42 -0800BuddhaInABucketHello, Peril.http://www.metafilter.com/7240/Hello%2DPeril
<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134288692_asian25.html">Hello, Peril.</a> The so-called <a href="http://www.modelminority.com/">model minority</a> inspire an amazing amount of mistrust, according to a survey of US residents. Featuring the revelation that <em>one third</em> of those polled "said Chinese Americans are more loyal to China than to the United States. " tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.7240Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:34:53 -0800anildash